Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah is a deeply personal and emotionally charged prophetic work that chronicles warning, judgment, grief, and enduring hope. Written by Jeremiah, the book spans decades leading up to and including the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. Jeremiah’s ministry unfolds during one of the most tragic periods in Israel’s history.
Jeremiah is called as a prophet while still young and immediately confronted with resistance. His message is unwelcome: Judah has broken covenant with God through idolatry, injustice, and empty religious ritual. Despite outward worship, the people’s hearts are far from the LORD. Jeremiah repeatedly warns that judgment is coming—not because God is absent, but because He is faithful to His covenant standards.
A central theme of Jeremiah is the cost of ignored repentance. The prophet pleads with the people to return to God, warning that reliance on the temple, political alliances, or false assurances will not save them. Judah’s leaders and false prophets promise peace, but Jeremiah exposes those promises as lies. Truth brings isolation, suffering, and persecution for the prophet himself.
The book is notable for its raw honesty. Jeremiah records his own anguish, fear, and frustration in passages often called the “confessions of Jeremiah.” He wrestles openly with God, expressing sorrow over judgment while remaining obedient to his calling. His tears earn him the title “the weeping prophet,” reflecting both compassion and faithfulness.
Judgment, however, is not the final word. Jeremiah also delivers profound promises of restoration. God declares that exile will not last forever and introduces the promise of a new covenant—one written on the heart rather than stone. This covenant speaks of forgiveness, transformed hearts, and restored relationship with God.
Jeremiah concludes with the fall of Jerusalem, validating the prophet’s warnings, yet pointing beyond devastation toward hope. Even in ruin, God’s purposes continue. Nations rise and fall, but God remains sovereign, faithful, and committed to redemption.
The Book of Jeremiah stands as a sobering reminder that God’s patience has limits, but His mercy endures. It calls readers to listen when God speaks, to take repentance seriously, and to trust that even in judgment, God is working toward restoration.
Jeremiah 49:21
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah 49:23
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. Reflection This verse opens a prophetic word heavy with dread and unrest. Through Jeremiah, God addresses the region surrounding Damascus, announcing the spread of fear that follows approaching judgment. […]
Jeremiah 49:24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 49:25
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Jeremiah 49:26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 49:27
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
Jeremiah 49:28
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
Jeremiah 49:29
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Jeremiah 49:3
Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah 49:30
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
Jeremiah 49:31
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Jeremiah 49:32
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:33
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Jeremiah 49:34
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah 49:35
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Jeremiah 49:36
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
Jeremiah 49:37
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
Jeremiah 49:38
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:39
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:4
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
Jeremiah 49:5
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
Jeremiah 49:6
And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Jeremiah 49:8
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
Jeremiah 49:9
If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Jeremiah 5:10
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’S.
Jeremiah 5:11
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.